Number 14 had finally arrived.
Throughout the day, people came and went within the Senju Clan Compound, with nothing unusual happening.
Late at night, Yagami stood atop Hokage Rock, using binoculars to watch the Senju Clan Compound from afar.
Behind him, Senju Kaba and Kamachi waited patiently.
Seeing Yagami lower his binoculars, Senju Kaba asked, "Did the ANBU really take part in the destruction of the Uzumaki Clan?"
Yagami nodded. "Of course they did. Konoha's sluggishness was highly abnormal. Both the Cloud Ninja and Mist Ninja had already attacked Uzu Hidden Village, yet Konoha's intelligence network knew nothing. That was far too strange."
Senju Kaba nodded. His son had not died at the hands of spies. He had been killed by Konoha ANBU after coming into contact with the surviving members of the Uzumaki Clan, his in-laws.
His son could not possibly have died silently in some alley in Konoha. Someone must have impersonated an acquaintance of his son and caught him off guard.
Yagami said:
"The Uzumaki Clan survivors believed that, under the pretext of transferring the Nine-Tails' seal, Konoha ANBU cut off Lady Uzumaki Mito's contact with the outside world.
Lady Uzumaki Mito knew nothing about the truth behind the Uzumaki Clan's destruction.
The Uzumaki Clan wanted Princess Kushina to seal the Three-Tails, so Konoha decided to abandon the Uzumaki Clan.
Not only did Konoha stand by and do nothing, it also sealed off the news.
The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, only led over two thousand ninja to Uzu Hidden Village at the end as a final show, merely preserving the appearance of not breaking the alliance."
Kamachi had taken part in that rescue operation as well, and he kept nodding.
Everything matched up.
His poor disciple, Kashiwa, had stumbled upon such a secret. His former values must